Elena Ruiz
Founder and CEO
Cooling Commons
Biography
About Elena
Elena Ruiz founded Cooling Commons, a company that retrofits schools and clinics with passive and low-energy cooling. It has cooled over 600 buildings in southern Europe.
Elena speaks twice in the Summer track and joins Wednesday’s panel on who pays for adaptation.
Get in touch
Questions for Elena before or after the summit? Use the links below.
On the programme
Sessions with Elena
Speakers
More speakers at Stagioni 2027
Dr Lucía Ferrer
Senior Agronomist, Mediterranean Soil Observatory
Dr Kwame Mensah
Urban Climate Scientist, Accra Climate Lab
Dr Amelia Hart
Epidemiologist, Heat and Health, Institute for Climate and Health
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Elena Ruiz
Founder and CEO, Cooling Commons
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